Modern and Contemporary - Menil Modern and Contemporary June 14, 2025–September 6, 2026 Main Building About Objects Stories Events The Menil Collection’s modern and contemporary holdings encompass a vast array of movements, materials, and styles, spanning the late 19th century to…

Writers In the Schools Poetry Reading - Menil Writers In the Schools Poetry Reading Photo: Bhavin Misra Photography public Friday, May 15 7–8 p.m. Main Building Since 1989, Writers in the Schools (WITS) has brought Houston schoolchildren to the Menil Collection to write about the…

Africa - Menil Africa Main Building About Objects Stories The Menil Collection’s African galleries feature examples of masks, figural statues, musical instruments, textiles, architectural elements, and other forms of visual culture primarily from West and Central Africa. An intro…

The Gift of Drawing: Cy Twombly - Menil The Gift of Drawing: Cy Twombly Cy Twombly, Untitled , 1986. Acrylic and oil on handmade paper, 21 × 28 in. (53.3 × 71.1 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston, Gift of the Cy Twombly Foundation. © Cy Twombly Foundation March 27–August 9, 2026 …

Surrealism - Menil Surrealism Main Building About Objects Stories Events The Menil Collection is home to one of the largest and most significant collections of Surrealism in the United States. A suite of permanent collection galleries is dedicated to this artistic movement, which…

Terms & Conditions - Menil Terms & Conditions of Use INTRODUCTION The Menil Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”) provides this website (“Site”) in support of its charitable and educational mission to further the understanding and appreciation of art by the public. It supplements t…

Film Screening & Panel Discussion: SNCC, Sit-Ins, and The Strange Demise of Jim Crow - Menil Film Screening & Panel Discussion: SNCC, Sit-Ins, and The Strange Demise of Jim Crow Film still from The Strange Demise of Jim Crow, 1998 public Thursday, July 30 7–8:30 p.m. Main Buildin…